Is Paul Wolfowitz getting kicked upstairs? From Aghanistan to Iraq to the World Bank -- the list of neocon conquests is impressive. What's next -- the Vatican? Or perhaps they aim a bit higher ....

Something I left out of today's column: in trying to back up his assertion that Syria is to blame for the assassination of Lebanese politician-businessman Rafik Hariri, Michael Young cites one Walid Jumblatt, the head of the Progressive Socialist Party. But who is...

Ouch! I'm talking about the public thrashing Juan Cole delivered to the clueless Jonah Goldberg. Not content to accept defeat after being bested by Cole, Goldie made the dispute the subject of a column -- and soon found himself on the receiving end of the...

Why I really enjoy reading Matthew Yglesias' blog: "Oh John, why do you waste your time thusly? But while we're on the subject, the extent to which Reynoldsism -- the doctrine that "the left" (whatever it is) has been captured by an irrational and pathological hatred...

Now They're After Putin (Part XII) I was wondering how long it would take them to blame the death of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania of Georgia -- felled by an accidental gas leak -- on the Russians. The answer -- a matter of hours -- is in today's New York Times: "The...

You'd barely know there's a war on from Reason magazine's online commentary on the State of the Union speech: only Ron Paul devotes his remarks to foreign policy, and is, as usual, great on the subject. Bob Barr mentions the "war on terrorism" in the context of the...

There he goes again -- "the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world." Charity begins at home.

They're cheering the Chimp. They're cheering themselves. They're cheering the State and its glories. Ugh.

U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote : Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror by Peter Grose, Special to the New York Times (9/4/1967: p. 2) WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-- United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South...

What happened yesterday? That's the topic tonight on PBS' News Hour, with Jim Lehrer, and one of the guests is, to my delight, Juan Cole, whose rational, clear-eyed analysis has provided a welcome alternative to the party-lining neocons, shouters, and dithering...